The Trump administration on Thursday took its first steps toward restricting asylum to immigrants who cross the border into the United States illegally.
The changes are coming as multiple caravans of thousands of Central American migrants make their way to the US through Mexico.
Many of them have said they intend to request asylum.
Immigration and civil liberties advocates have repeatedly said that the Trump administration's efforts will contravene domestic and international law, which allow migrants to seek asylum no matter how they enter.
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